Lake Kemp, TX Climate: Temperature & Rain by Month
Explore NOAA NCEI's 1991–2020 climate normals → and a clearly labeled PlainClimate comfort calculation
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) from Lake Kemp's primary NOAA station, LAKE KEMP.
The climate verdict for Lake Kemp
Lake Kemp, Texas has a mixed annual climate rather than one dominant extreme. Its NOAA normal shows an annual average of 64°F. It scores 93/100 for climate comfort (excellent), putting it in the top third of station-mapped location scores and exceeding 93% of them.
- 64°F
- average temperature, NOAA 1991-2020 normal
- 93/100
- comfort score, above 93% of station-mapped location scores
- 25.1"
- annual precipitation · 2" snow
- 238 days
- frost-free growing season
Lake Kemp: NOAA 1991-2020 normals describe a typical year, not a forecast. Method: /methodology.
Normals record plate
Sheet USC00414982 · Lake Kemp, TX 64°F mean · 25.1" precip
TEMP-MILD · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · PRCP-MID · SWING-MID · COMF-TOP · LOAD-MIX · STN-1 · BOOK-FULL
- TEMP-MILD 64°F
- RANK-UPPER #5,832
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Balmorhea
- PRCP-MID 25.1"
- SWING-MID 43°F
- COMF-TOP 93/100
- LOAD-MIX H/C balanced
- STN-1 USC00414982
- BOOK-FULL 6/6 fields
Nearest mean-temperature peer: Balmorhea, TX (+ 0 °F mean)
Instrument codes from this station's NOAA 1991–2020 normals, mean temperature, corpus warmth rank, photo-finish peer station, precipitation band, seasonal swing, comfort composite, degree-day load, and field book, not a livability rating.
Mean-temperature neighbourhood
Nationwide NOAA normal poles and nearest peers, not a reprint of every TX station list.
- Lake Kemp (this station) 64°F
- Hot Eden, TX 64°F
- Near Balmorhea, TX 64°F
- Near Birmingham, AL 64°F
- Near Blackville, SC 64°F
Lake Kemp sits in Texas, the #4 hottest U.S. state at 66.2°F statewide annual average - see all 50 hottest states ranked by NOAA normals
Climate Living Index · Lake Kemp
Lake Kemp: 71/100 · grade B
Lake Kemp publishes 5 of 6 Living Index dimensions (NOAA annual/seasonal normals · NOAA daily multivariate normals); 1 missing weight rescale to 100.
PlainClimate-derived for Lake Kemp, not an official NOAA rating. Rankings still use Comfort Score 93/100 (separate formula). Breakpoints and limits.
| Dimension | Station value | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Annual temperature balance | 63.9°F · 3.6° from 67.5°F | 89/100 · A |
| Frost-free season | 238 days/year | 84/100 · B |
| Snowfall burden | 2.1 inches/year | 75/100 · B |
| Precipitation balance | 25.1 in · 9.9 from 35 in | 65/100 · C |
| Normal heat + freeze calendar | 145 calendar days | 50/100 · D |
Lake Kemp · 2026-08-04 · NOAA NCEI Climate Normals · method · Comfort Score method.
Lake Kemp is a temperate Köppen climate: Cfa
Coldest-month mean 42.2°F and warmest-month mean 85.1°F place this station in temperate, no dry season, hot summer climates (Cfa). Class Cfa is the Peel et al. (2007) label for this station's monthly mean temperature and precipitation normals: temperate, specifically temperate, no dry season, hot summer.
- Köppen code
- Cfa
- Group
- Temperate
- Warmest month
- 85.1°F
- Coldest month
- 42.2°F
Source: official public datasets monthly normals (1991–2020) at the city’s primary station. This is a station classification, not a mapped regional consensus.
National standing · balanced station
Where Lake Kemp sits across the climate record
Three NOAA fields for Lake Kemp's primary station, temperature, precipitation, and seasonal swing, are ranked against every station-mapped normal that carries the same field.
- Annual temperature
- Top 15% warmest
- Among 6,861 stations, Lake Kemp sits in the warmer third of annual means.
- Annual precipitation
- 34th percentile wetness
- Neither arid nor torrential versus 6,352 station totals.
- Seasonal temperature swing
- 48th percentile swing
- Typical seasonal amplitude versus 6,861 complete station-years.
How Lake Kemp compares across U.S. station-mapped locations
Lake Kemp's comfort score vs. all station-mapped locations
PlainClimate composite comfort index (1–100), NOAA 1991–2020 normals
93 Top 7% score exceeds 93% of 6,189 station-mapped location scores
- 0–10: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 10–20: 0 station-mapped locations (0%). Below this entry.
- 20–30: 96 station-mapped locations (2%). Below this entry.
- 30–40: 280 station-mapped locations (5%). Below this entry.
- 40–50: 1,113 station-mapped locations (18%). Below this entry.
- 50–60: 1,329 station-mapped locations (21%). Below this entry.
- 60–70: 1,236 station-mapped locations (20%). Below this entry.
- 70–80: 650 station-mapped locations (11%). Below this entry.
- 80–90: 921 station-mapped locations (15%). Below this entry.
- 90–100: 564 station-mapped locations (9%). This entry sits in this band.
Source NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, PlainClimate comfort index · 1991–2020
Lake Kemp's measured station temperature trend
MethodologyAcross 34 complete annual observations from 1978 to 2025, LAKE KEMP warmed at a fitted rate of 0.45°C per decade. The line shows the fitted change relative to its first year, not raw year-to-year temperatures or a forecast.
- Lake Kemp primary station fitted change +0.45 °C/decade
Monthly Temperatures
Average daily high and low temperatures by month
| Month | Avg High | Avg Low | Mean | Precip | Snow | Freeze Days | 90°F+ Days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54°F (12°C) | 31°F (-1°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 1.1" | 0.5" | 17.7 | 0.0 |
| February | 58°F (14°C) | 34°F (1°C) | 46°F (8°C) | 1.4" | 0.3" | 11.8 | 0.1 |
| March | 67°F (19°C) | 42°F (6°C) | 55°F (13°C) | 1.8" | 0.0" | 4.3 | 0.4 |
| April | 76°F (24°C) | 50°F (10°C) | 63°F (17°C) | 1.9" | 0.0" | 0.4 | 2.7 |
| May | 84°F (29°C) | 61°F (16°C) | 72°F (22°C) | 3.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| June | 92°F (33°C) | 69°F (21°C) | 81°F (27°C) | 3.2" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 21.6 |
| July | 97°F (36°C) | 74°F (23°C) | 85°F (30°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.8 |
| August | 96°F (36°C) | 73°F (23°C) | 84°F (29°C) | 2.1" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 27.4 |
| September | 88°F (31°C) | 65°F (18°C) | 76°F (24°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.0 | 15.8 |
| October | 77°F (25°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 65°F (19°C) | 2.6" | 0.0" | 0.3 | 4.1 |
| November | 64°F (18°C) | 42°F (5°C) | 53°F (12°C) | 1.6" | 0.7" | 4.8 | 0.0 |
| December | 55°F (13°C) | 33°F (0°C) | 44°F (7°C) | 1.2" | 0.6" | 15.0 | 0.0 |
The year, day by day
Lake Kemp works both ends of the calendar. Normal highs climb to 98°F by July 30 and hold at or above 90°F on 96 dates, then normal lows drop to freezing or below on 49 dates, bottoming at 31°F around January 5.
When the heat sits
Normal highs reach 90°F from June 5 through September 8, covering 96 dates. The broader mild season, normal highs of 70°F or more, runs March 25 to November 2.
This counts calendar dates whose 1991–2020 normal high reaches 90°F. It is a smaller number than the 90°F+ day counts in the monthly table above, which measure how often the threshold was actually crossed in a typical year. A date can average 88°F and still exceed 90°F in half of all years.
The freezing stretch
The normal low stays at or below 32°F into February 5, then returns to freezing around December 19, covering 49 dates in all.
Derived from the normal daily minimum. This is a different measure from the 50%-probability frost dates shown elsewhere on this page, which come from NOAA’s frost product.
Where the wet dates fall
The likeliest wet date is May 24, when 21% of years recorded at least a hundredth of an inch. The driest is January 1 at 11%. Summed across the calendar, that is about 53 wet dates a year.
The widest day
April 5 carries the biggest normal gap between afternoon and dawn, 26°F between the normal high and the normal low.
Look up any date
Any date's 1991–2020 normal for Lake Kemp.
Where Lake Kemp Stands Nationally
Summers here run among the most heat-heavy normals calendars in the country: on about 96 days a year the normal daily high itself reaches 90°F — a count fewer than one station in ten exceeds.
Lake Kemp earns one nationally notable standing (outer quintile) against 6,860 NOAA 1991–2020 normals stations, middle-of-the-pack metrics stay silent here.
Monthly Precipitation
Average monthly rainfall and snowfall
Snow: 0.5"
3.4 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.3"
3.7 days with precipitation
4.2 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
6.4 days with precipitation
5.6 days with precipitation
4.6 days with precipitation
4.3 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
4.8 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.7"
3.6 days with precipitation
Snow: 0.6"
3.3 days with precipitation
Lake Kemp spreads its precipitation across the year
Neither half of the year dominates here: June through August take 30% of the annual total and December through February 15%, with neither reaching the 35% that would mark a distinct wet season. Lake Kemp has no dry season to plan around, though it does carry a 42.9°F seasonal spread.
The gap between the wettest and driest month still matters: May averages 3.6" and January 1.1". The three wettest months together take 37% of the year, against the 25% a perfectly flat distribution would give them.
Shares are computed from this station's own 1991-2020 monthly precipitation normals. "Spread across the year" means neither the June-August nor the December-February share reaches 35%; it describes an average year, not the variability of any single one.
When it rains in Lake Kemp, it arrives in quantity
25.1" of precipitation falls across only about 53 wet days here, averaging 0.47 inches each. Fewer days carry more water: the year's total is delivered in comparatively heavy events rather than persistent damp.
- Days with measurable precipitation
- about 53 a year, 15% of all days
- Average depth per wet day
- 0.47 inches
- Most wet days
- May, about 6
- Fewest wet days
- December, about 3
A wet day is one recording at least 0.01 inches. These are 1991-2020 normals: they describe an average year, and a per-day average is not a forecast of any individual storm.
Snow reaches Lake Kemp, but rarely amounts to much
The normals record 2.1 inches of snow a year here, most likely in November. That is a real but marginal amount: enough that snow is part of the local record, not enough to define the winter.
A figure in this range usually reflects a handful of events that melt quickly rather than a season of accumulation; about 1 days a year record any measurable snow at all.
NOAA 1991-2020 normals. An average across thirty years can smooth away a single heavy winter, so a small annual figure does not mean a significant snowfall is impossible.
Frost Dates & Growing Season
First Fall Freeze
November 13
50% probability date
Last Spring Freeze
March 20
50% probability date
Growing Season
238 days
Heating & Cooling Degree Days
Annual totals indicate energy demand for heating and cooling
Heating Degree Days
2,892
Higher = more heating needed
Cooling Degree Days
2,517
Higher = more cooling needed
Warmest Month
July
Coldest Month
January
Nationwide similar cities
Other rankable U.S. places outside TX closest to Lake Kemp on two NOAA annual-normal axes (mean temperature and annual precipitation). Chip rows use distinct link sets.
Closest by average temperature
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual mean temperature (64°F here).
- Birmingham, AL 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Blackville, SC 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Gainesville, AL 64°F · 0.0°F off
- Hanford, CA 64°F · 0.0°F off
Closest by annual precipitation
Nearest out-of-state peers by annual precipitation (25.1" here), excluding temperature-peer places.
- Auberry, CA 25.1" · 0.0" off
- Skagway, AK 25.2" · 0.0" off
- Anselmo, NE 25.1" · 0.1" off
- Brookings, SD 25.2" · 0.1" off
Data-derived climate profile
How Lake Kemp's climate pattern fits together
mixed demand · moderate · mid swing
July and January mark the typical warm and cold ends of the calendar in Lake Kemp's middle-range seasonal profile. The measured spread is 42.9°F. The annual average is 64°F. Neither the annual mean nor one extreme month represents the full calendar on its own.
Heating and cooling both register in Lake Kemp's normal, at 2,892 and 2,517 degree days respectively. Neither total exceeds the other by more than two to one, so the record is better read as a mixed-demand calendar than as heating-led or cooling-led.
A roughly 238-day frost-free season sits inside this mixed heating-and-cooling profile. Start and end dates matter because both sides of the thermostat register during a normal year.
Lake Kemp's 25.1 inches of annual precipitation falls in PlainClimate's middle band, so “wet” or “dry” is not the leading description. Annual snowfall totals 2.1 inches. Temperature balance and the calendar distribution carry more information than the annual moisture label alone.
These labels group NOAA 1991-2020 normals from Lake Kemp's primary station, where heating and cooling demand are close enough that neither season sets the character on its own. On a balanced station like Lake Kemp, the bands are descriptive ranges rather than an official NOAA classification or a forecast.
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Data Sources
Data source: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals v1.0.1 (1991-2020). All figures on this page are from Lake Kemp's primary station: LAKE KEMP (USC00414982). For informational purposes only.
Place identity: U.S. Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer places. The conservative exact name-and-state crosswalk finds no Census place match, so PlainClimate treats this as a station-mapped location and does not claim it is a municipality. No exact Gazetteer row for Lake Kemp; facility counts that depend on place identity are therefore an upper bound, not a municipal census.
On this page every temperature, precipitation, and derived score for Lake Kemp comes from its primary NOAA station record. No figure on this page is typed in by an editor - each value is rendered from NOAA 1991-2020 U.S. Climate Normals. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 1991–2020 normals.